One-Two, Soldiers Were Going... is a 1977 Soviet war film directed by Leonid Bykov.

Plot

In the present-day storyline, Colonel Konstantin Svyatkin celebrates his recent promotion with colleagues when he receives a postcard inviting him to Podbednya station, where his father perished three decades earlier. Raised in an orphanage after his mother's early death, Konstantin barely remembers his father. On the train to Podbednya, he meets Anna Velenstovich, whose father, Junior Lieutenant Igor Suslin, died in the same battle. Anna, who arranged the gathering, and the local village leader hope to unite relatives of the fallen soldiers. The event brings together those connected by shared loss, including a witness to the battle, Valentina Ivanovna, who recalls the night Suslin's platoon stayed in her family's home before heading to their final battle.